Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-446) and index.

Your Guide to Using this Book
About the Contributors
Acknowledgements
List of Case Studies
Foreword by Mary Robinson
Prologue: Leadership in the Shadow of the Pandemic
The origins and spread of the pandemic
Failures of leadership
Objectives of this book
A framework for studying leadership
The organization of this book
Further reading
PART I CONTEXTUALIZING LEADERSHIP
1 The Nature of Leadership
Chapter outline
Learning outcomes
Introduction
Defining leadership
Leadership and management
Mapping the changing study of leadership
Critical leadership studies
The employment relationship
Conclusion
Chapter review questions
Further reading
2 Power and Leadership
Chapter outline
Learning outcomes
Introduction
Conceptualizing power
Different perspectives on power
Power and management
Conclusion
Chapter review questions
Further reading
3 Culture and Leadership
Chapter outline
Learning outcomes
Introduction
The nature of national cultures
Understanding organizational culture
Dimensions of organizational culture
Perspectives on organizational culture
Organizational culture and leadership
Evaluation and criticism
Conclusion
Chapter review questions
Further reading
4 Strategic Management, Innovation, and Leadership
Chapter outline
Learning outcomes
Introduction
Strategic management
Shareholder value maximizing and strategy
Strategy and stakeholders
The nature of innovation
The external and internal contexts driving innovation
Leaders’ roles in innovation processes
Conclusion
Chapter review questions
Further reading
PART II LEADERSHIP THEORIES
5 Trait, Behaviour, and Contingency Theories of Leadership
Chapter outline
Learning outcomes
Introduction
Leader traits and attributes
Leader behaviour and styles
Contingency theories of leadership
Conclusion
Chapter review questions
Further reading
6 Charismatic and Transformational Leadership
Chapter outline
Learning outcomes
Introduction
The nature of charismatic leadership
Neo-theories of charismatic leadership
Transformational leadership
Critiquing charismatic and transformational leadership
Conclusion
Chapter review questions
Further reading
7 Relational and Distributed Theories of Leadership
Chapter outline
Learning outcomes
Introduction
Classical relational studies
Contemporary theories of relational leadership
Positivist dyadic relational perspectives
Social constructionist group-level relational perspectives
Practising relational leadership
The growth of distributed leadership
Practising distributed or shared leadership
Evaluation and criticism
Conclusion
Chapter review questions
Further reading
8 Followership
Chapter outline
Learning outcomes
Introduction
The nature of followership
Theorizing followership
Followership typologies
Follower personality and self-identity
Follower perception and motivation
Evaluation and criticism
Conclusion
Chapter review questions
Further reading
PART III MANAGING PEOPLE AND LEADERSHIP
9 Ethics and Leadership
Chapter outline
Learning outcomes
Introduction
The nature of ethical leadership
Philosophical approaches to ethical leadership
Dimensions of ethical leadership
Organizations behaving badly: Failures in ethical leadership
Context, the rhetoric, and reality
Whistleblowing: Is it responsible behaviour?
Conclusion
Chapter review questions
Further reading
10 Human Resource Management and Leadership
Chapter outline
Learning outcomes
Introduction
The nature of human resource management
Scope and functions of human resource management
Theorizing human resource management
Human resource management and leadership
Critiquing the human resource management discourse
Conclusion
Chapter review questions
Further reading
11 Leadership Development
Chapter outline
Learning outcomes
Introduction
Leader and leadership development in organizations
Reflection and critical thinking for leadership development
What capabilities should leaders develop?
Approaches to leaders’ development
Approaches to developing collective leadership abilities
Conclusion
Chapter review questions
Further reading
12 Gender and Diversity in Leadership
Chapter outline
Learning outcomes
Introduction
The nature of diversity
The glass ceiling, the labyrinth, and the glass cliff
The role of gender and diversity in crisis leadership
Women in global leadership
Future challenges for gender diversity and inclusion practices
Supporting women to lead
Conclusion
Chapter review questions
Further reading
PART IV CONTEMPORARY LEADERSHIP
13 Team Leadership
Chapter outline
Learning outcomes
Introduction
The nature of work teams
Understanding team dynamics
Technology and teamwork
Teams and leadership theory
Critical perspectives on teams
Conclusion
Chapter review questions
Further reading
14 Artificial Intelligence and Leadership
Chapter outline
Learning outcomes
Introduction
The nature of technology
Capitalism and waves of technology
The rise of AI and big data
The effects of AI on the employment relationship
Leadership in the age of artificial intelligence
Critical debates on artificial intelligence
Conclusion
Chapter review questions
Further reading
15 Leading Pro-environmental Change
Chapter outline
Learning outcomes
Introduction
The nature of environmental sustainability
Environmental leadership, organizational change, and culture
Creating a sustainable workplace through human resource practices
Employee voice in environmental sustainability
Critical perspectives on corporate-oriented sustainability
Conclusion
Chapter review questions
Further reading
16 Leadership in Public Sector Organizations
Chapter outline
Learning outcomes
Introduction
Framing public sector leadership
Distinctive challenges associated with public sector leadership
The new public management and the rise of transformational leadership
Beyond transformational leadership: Shared and distributed leadership
Challenges of distributed leadership in public sector organizations
Leadership and performance in public sector organizations
Lessons for public sector leadership from the COVID-19 crisis
Conclusion
Chapter review questions
Further reading
17 Leading Post-industrial Urban and Regional Renewal
Chapter outline
Learning outcomes
Introduction
The nature of place-based leadership for urban and regional renewal
Regional innovation systems and strategies
Place-based leadership
Place-based leaders, knowledge producers, and decision-makers
Generative leadership – a missing link in transformative efforts
Criticism and exemplary research for place-based leadership
Conclusion
Chapter review questions
Further reading
References
Index

Organizational Leadership
Understand the reality of contemporary organizational leadership with the second edition of this thought-provoking textbook. Through an analysis of key theories and topical issues such as innovation, gender, power, ethics and environmental sustainability, the authors deftly illustrate how leadership cannot be extricated from the wider organizational context and why leadership is increasingly seen as a shared endeavour between leaders and followers. The book has been fully updated, with a new introduction discussing the challenges faced by leaders during the Covid-19 pandemic as well as a Foreword by Mary Robinson. NEW to this edition: A new chapter on Team Leadership looks at team dynamics, the role of technology in teamworking and the challenges arising for virtual teams A new chapter on Leadership and Artificial Intelligence covers the rise of AI and big data, and how AI affects the employment relationship and leader-follower relations A new Ethical Spotlight feature in all chapters explores ethical issues faced by leaders and encourages reflection Suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying leadership. John Bratton is Honorary Professor in the Management School at Queen′s University Belfast, Northern Ireland.